Pablo Picasso - Evening & Day Editions London Wednesday, June 7, 2023 | Phillips
  • Provenance

    Fernand Mourlot, Paris
    An Important Private American Collector
    Galerie Michael, Los Angeles
    Acquired directly from the above by the present owner

  • Literature

    Georges Bloch 686
    Fernand Mourlot 201
    Felix Reuße 576

  • Artist Biography

    Pablo Picasso

    Spanish • 1881 - 1973

    One of the most dominant and influential artists of the 20th century, Pablo Picasso was a master of endless reinvention. While significantly contributing to the movements of Surrealism, Neoclassicism and Expressionism, he is best known for pioneering the groundbreaking movement of Cubism alongside fellow artist Georges Braque in the 1910s. In his practice, he drew on African and Iberian visual culture as well as the developments in the fast-changing world around him.

    Throughout his long and prolific career, the Spanish-born artist consistently pushed the boundaries of art to new extremes. Picasso's oeuvre is famously characterized by a radical diversity of styles, ranging from his early forays in Cubism to his Classical Period and his later more gestural expressionist work, and a diverse array of media including printmaking, drawing, ceramics and sculpture as well as theater sets and costumes designs. 

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Le départ (The Departure) (Bl. 686, M. 201, R. 576)

1951
Lithograph, on BFK Rives paper, with full margins.
I. 35.3 x 44.3 cm (13 7/8 x 17 1/2 in.)
S. 45.2 x 56 cm (17 3/4 x 22 in.)

An unsigned impression, Mourlot's 5th state (of 10), one of five artist's proofs, the final state published by Fernand Mourlot, Paris, framed.

Estimate
£3,000 - 5,000 ‡♠

Sold for £3,556

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Evening & Day Editions

London Auction 7 - 8 June 2023